Anderson County teen charged with sexually assaulting 12-year-old

WILLIAMSTON - Williamston police charged an Anderson County teenager this week with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old boy last summer.

Brandon Keith Lackey, 17, of Williamston is accused of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and of kidnapping the boy and holding him against his will. The offenses happened between June and August last year at a home in Williamston. But they were not reported until mid-January, said Williamston Police Chief Jay Grubbs.

Lackey was charged with the crimes this week.

Grubbs said Lackey and the boy were acquaintances. The boy's mother called police to report the alleged crimes.

Grubbs said that when police brought charges against Lackey this week, the teenager was already in the Anderson County Detention Center on an unrelated charge. In an unrelated case, Lackey is charged with unlawfully using a telephone.